A reflection on the Sydney Harbor Bridge climb from a student's perspective. Click here for other points of view on the climb from TGS student bloggers. A view from atop the Sydney Harbor Bridge Let me just tell you this before you keep on reading; heights not only scare me, they scare the.. err.. let's say feces since this is for school. This day started like any other day: morning...
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Click here for other points of view on the climb from TGS student bloggers. It's really quite something to see the entire world, or at least the harbor, unfurl before you. Being suddenly blinded by the sunlight as you emerge from the shielded network of ladders and wires. Having rushing, swirling water underneath you where "Sydney Bridge" gray steel before covered. Wind lapping at your hair; a silent threat. You...
Read MoreA reflection on the Sydney Harbor Bridge climb from a student's perspective. Click here for other points of view on the climb from TGS student bloggers. 6 million hand driven rivets. That's all that hold together the Sydney Harbor Bridge. From 1928 to 1932, over 52,000 tons of steel were use to create the crown jewel of Sydney. As we trudged over the great arches, strapped to the steel wiring,...
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